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Because the Elders are politicians first, not fighters, and Oda has very clearly given Garling very special attention in the present as being important. It's delusional to pretend he won't be far stronger than he was during GV. From what we've seen of his personality Garling is not the kind of guy to just roll over if someone is stronger than him. He's likely trained extremely hard and probably has some more demonic powers/transformation too.